Figure 840 01 b plan view of the mse wall and bridge.
Mse wall panel thickness.
Because mse walls are more flexible than.
The concrete facing panels generally come in three types.
Many mse walls use inset fascia rows to create individual cells that can be filled with top soil for planting to create green walls.
The system s soil reinforcements are inextensible high adherence ha steel reinforcing strips or ladders which are bolted to tie strips embedded in precast concrete facing panels.
Stabilized earth retaining walls sine wall mse panel system commonwealth of pennsylvania department of transportation.
For the same bridge a plan view is shown below.
Mse wall specifications are different than the normal construction specifications.
One of the important attributes of an mse wall is its flexibility.
Galvanized per astm a153.
Hot dip galvanized per astm a123 aashto m111 with 2 0 oz sf or 3 4 mils thickness.
Mse walls provide a number of unique benefits that standard retaining walls can t.
A mechanically stabilized earth mse retaining wall is a composite structure consisting of alternating layers of compacted backfill and soil reinforcement elements fixed to a wall facing.
Reinforced earth is the reinforced earth company s flagship mse retaining wall product first introduced in the united states in 1971.
Cruciform 5 x 5 square 5 x 5 and rectangular 5 x 10.
Below is a detail of a typical mse wall application.
Geomega mse walls are ideal for construction in sea water and other aggressive environments.